One facility by KPC has a capacity of over 480million liters. Facility moja pekee imekutoa jasho hadi unatafuta za private investors. 😂😂😂
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Petredec to build first VLGC-ready LPG terminal in Tanzania's Tanga Bay
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By Jonathan Wambi June 16, 2025
Privately owned liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) shipper Petredec has announced plans to build Tanzania’s first large-scale, open-access LPG terminal at Tanga Bay, in partnership with Tanzanian conglomerate ASAS Group of Companies.
The project will be the East African country’s first terminal capable of handling Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGCs). Construction is expected to begin in the coming weeks, with completion targeted by the end of 2027.
The terminal, to be developed on a 26-hectare site in Chongoleani, in the Tanga Region, will include six mounded storage spheres with a total capacity of 40,000 cubic metres in its first phase. It will also feature a 2.8-kilometre underwater pipeline to enable direct ship-to-shore offloading. Petredec said the facility will improve energy distribution and ease reliance on the congested Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam.
The initiative supports President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s clean energy push by improving the availability and affordability of LPG across Tanzania.
The terminal reflects a broader shift across East Africa as governments invest in infrastructure to expand access to clean fuels. According to the World Bank, only 5% of Tanzania’s rural population had access to clean cooking fuels as of 2022. The Tanga LPG Terminal is expected to help bridge this gap while supporting United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 on affordable and clean energy.
“History has proven that large-scale infrastructure is the indispensable key to the reliable and competitive supply of LPG,” said Jonathan Fancher, chief executive of Petredec Global. “We are once again proud to contribute to the region’s development and are confident that the Tanga LPG Terminal will be instrumental in helping establish Tanzania as a prominent clean energy hub in the wider East African region.”
Doto Mashaka Biteko, Tanzania’s deputy prime minister and minister for energy, said: “Accelerating the next phase of growth is vital for LPG to truly reach all parts of our country and beyond.”
Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Singapore, Petredec operates one of the world’s largest VLGC fleets. In 2023, it partnered with South Africa’s Transnet to develop an LPG rail and storage hub in Gauteng.
The shift towards LPG is also being pursued by other private players in East Africa. As bne IntelliNews reported, Nairobi-based Gasfil is investing in infrastructure and partnerships aimed at promoting cleaner fuel alternatives, particularly LPG, to reduce dependence on petrol and diesel in countries like Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
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Geza Ulole
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TAZAMA wana storage capacity ya 231,000,000 litres!
plus GBP Tanga
another 365,000,000 litres to be added!
Facility moja ya KPC ni port zenu combined na ubaki na extra storage. 🤣🤣🤣. Damn Kipevu is massive.
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while Tanzania will have over 1,000,000,000 litres capacity! Hapo EACOP oil storage tanks n Petredec over 40,000,000 litres capacity not factored in EACOP 500,000 barrels storage capacity for each of the 4 tanks at Chongoleani!
4*500000 * 159 litres = 318,000,000 litres!
Not to forget Mtwara port too has one oil jety n storage capaciy of 25,000,000 litres!
Don't forget inland ports of Mwanza and Kigoma have oil storage capacities too!
We Mzee hupendi kushindwa. Me nakuonyesha capacity ya KPC in Mombasa pekee. Wewe umekusanya facility zenu zote hadi za private investors na bado unanyonya. 😂😂😂
Nikama unasahau Mombasa is not even our major city. 🤣🤣🤣
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Keep dreaming.
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Mombasa inaenda kupinduliwa na Tanga capacitywise oil storage mwaka huu hauishi!
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Pipeline networks in Tanzania and their distances in km!
Mind u Zambia wants to build a new pipeline to dar/Bagamoyo port!
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Zambia set for a fuel pipeline upgrade
Glory Mushinge09/28/2023September 28, 2023
The new pipeline is expected to receive 6.5 million litres of fuel from the Tanzania-Zambia Mafuta pipeline, built 54 years ago. Analysts say the cost of fuel will reduce when the new pipeline becomes operational.
Zambia's new pipeline project will make it easier to transport fuel around the landlocked countryImage: Michael Gottschalk/photothek/picture alliance
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Zambia's heavy reliance on fuel is clearly evident on any given day, as thousands of wheels criss-cross the country's busy roads.
But Zambia does not produce its own crude oil. It is dependent on imports from the Middle East and Europe via the port in Dar es Salaam in neighboring Tanzania. Distributing fuel to all corners of the country is a long and expensive task, as most of it is transported by road.
But a soon-to-be-constructed fuel pipeline may change the situation, with a pipeline project in Zambia's Muchinga province's Mpika town already underway.
The ageing Tanzania Zambia Mafuta (TAZAMA) pipeline — built in 1968 — will supply 6.5 million litres of fuel to the new depot in Muchinga, according to Zambian officials.
"The consequence of that [construction] now, is that all the fuel required to be delivered to northern province, Muchinga province, Luapula province, will be picked up from here," TAZAMA Managing Director, Davison Thawete told journalists while inspecting the project.
A much-needed upgrade on the way
The TAZAMA pipeline runs for 1,710 kilometers (1,062 miles) and has been transporting raw crude oil material for refining from the Port of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania to Indeni Petroleum Refinery in Zambia's Ndola town for decades.According to Zambian authorities, the new facility will have more advanced specifications compared to the TAZAMA pipeline.
Tanzanian and Zambian officials held talks over the new project and the security of the TAZAMA pipeline in July.
During the meetings, Zambia's Minister of Defense Ambrose Lufuma expressed concerns over the security of the TAZAMA pipeline — particularly related to vandalism — and how this could impact the new project.
"There have been security concerns, as the pipeline passes through communities in both countries," Lufuma said.
"Previously, the pipeline was transporting commingled (oil) products, but now it has been upgraded to finished products, hence the need for further security."
Enhancing fuel distribution
The new project will be completed by November this year to enhance fuel distribution across the country, Zambian authorities have told DW.Zambia currently consumes just over 1 million liters of fuel in a day. A liter of diesel in the capital Lusaka costs approximately $1.07 (€1.01) — a rate many struggle to afford.
The high prices of fuel are often linked to the cost of transportation and distribution by road, especially in the country's north.
Zambia has a long-term goal of stabilizing diesel supply and maintaining favorable pump prices.
Residents in communities like Muchinga, Luapula and other northern provinces expect some changes due to the ongoing construction.
Energy expert Johnstone Chikwanda told DW that the new project is critical in making fuel more affordable for Zambians.
"It is going to help, because it means it will cut back on the time spent on transporting the fuel into Muchinga province, which could also feed other adjacent provinces." Chikwanda said.
Zambia's energy regulation board also hopes road infrastructure will be better protected once the new facility becomes operational.
"Instead of running around the whole country with trucks, fuel will be distributed by pipelines," Reynolds Bowa, the chairman of Zambia's Energy Regulation Board (ERB) told DW.
"It will save us money, wear and tear on the roads and the price of the product will be cheaper."
Chikwanda said he expects the Zambian government to replicate such projects across the country as soon as possible to make fuel transportation safer.
"As you know, the road carnage, we have a lot of congestion on our roads and these tankers have been exploding, the accidents have been a lot, and so transporting fuel by pipeline is an encouraged practice globally, it is cheaper, and it is safer," he said.
The pipeline, the government said, will also provide an opportunity for TAZAMA to export fuel to Congo's richest mineral towns, as well as Rwanda and Burundi.
Edited by: Ineke Mules
Glory Mushinge Glory Mushinge is a Zambian multi-award- winning journalist and DW reporter in Lusaka.@gmwisa
Zambia set for a fuel pipeline upgrade
The new pipeline is expected to receive 6.5 million litres of fuel from the Tanzania-Zambia Mafuta pipeline, built 54 years ago. Analysts say the cost of fuel will reduce when the new pipeline becomes operational.
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Imagine a country as open as Kenya being accused by its dictatorial neighbors of cooking data 😂 😂
No less by neighbors where everything from data to internet is controlled from State House.
Whenever Kenya cooks, just know that bongolala and Uganda have cooked 10 times more. 😂😂
Every Google Map has grey digital drawings to illustrate where the roads should be in bongoslum. It's all dust otherwise.
I doubt TZ has more than 3000km of well maintained tarmac 😂😂😂
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Naona jirani amekasirika sanaa na kumwaga hasira sana pale comment section😂😂😂 . Mwaiofhawaii what your take on this development?... my view hata kenya ikue tu na mwanajeshi mmoja , askari mmoja , tank moja, helicopter moja , fighter jet moja e.t.c no country in their right mind will dare attack kenya. And if they do think of it, wakumbuke venezuela, alafu Iran is about to be another example ... muda sio mrefu ...there is a reason the US is the sole super power!...china and russia are trying especially china ikikuja kwenye economy,tech na infrastructure 🙌... but they are proving to be unreliable partners ... Syria, Lebanon,Palestine,panama cuba and now Iran, zote chini!... always choose to be with the winning side, hata wakuite Malaya, sell out bla, bla blaaa...
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